LDS father dies protecting daughter from tornado

A Latter-day Saint father in Vilonia, Ark., who died protecting his 5-year-old daughter, is among dozens of fatal victims of a series of more than 100 tornadoes that cut a path of destruction through the south-central United States.

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R. Scott Lloyd is a reporter and staff writer for the Deseret News, where he is attached full time to the LDS Church News staff, working in that capacity for the 25-plus years he has been with the newspaper. Prior to that more ..